Megan Moroney, a singer-songwriter originally from Savannah and a 2020 graduate of the University of Georgia , appeared Tuesday night on Late Night with Seth Meyers to discuss her career and the story behind her breakout hit, “Tennessee Orange.”

During the interview, she joked that following the release of the song she “got death threats."

Moroney, 28 years‑old, also used the moment to talk about how the song began as a playful twist on a college rivalry turned romance.

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"When I moved to Nashville, one day I found myself wearing a Volunteers shirt,” she said during the interview. “And I remember looking in the mirror and going, 'My mom would absolutely kill me right now, if she saw me in this gaudy orange.'"

That moment of conf

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